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I also have Site Advisor installed & Defrag my pc every month with Perfect Disk.

I keep all off these programs up to date

I do alot of File Sharing, Uploading & Downloading... I have a server I run also, I am not the expert at security, But I hope this is enough... Thanks. I have reformatted my PC twice so far in 3 yrs due to spyware problems.

But i reccomend you don't throw IE away
I also use FireFox most of the time
Because in some sites that you may need access,you may need IE to get in
not all sites are compatible with firefox like Windows Updates
IE could also serve as an alternative if ever FireFox may not work

Your safety precautions seems to be ok, what is making you vulnerable is the file sharing thing. YOU never know what will hit your computer once it is downloaded and writers of malware are so sophisticated they can hide "stuff "in any different file.

Not any better or worse. With super anti spyware free, ad aware and spybot you can probably keep your computer 99% clean of malware. Nod32 excellent choice for virii. I always recommend that any internet user have an active anti malware program, such as spysweeper, adaware paid version, spyware doctor, etc. here is a link to an article in the pc magazine web site:

I hear SUPERAntispyware is better then Spybot & Ad-aware put together, Is this true?

For me,Theres really no telling which is better from these facts:-Scan Engine-Definitions-Efficiency-Real Time Protection (If Purchased)All 3 have different things (as listed above)One may not have much Definitions and the other may not have agood chance of Real Time Protection against spywareSo it is good to keep more than one

May I make a comment? I have seen posts before stating that you can not perform tasks such as Windows updates with Firefox. There is an extension that I use that makes this possible. It is called "IE Tab". Allow me to be the first to admit that I don't understand every aspect as to how it works exactly, but the add-on definition in my Add-ons list reads: "Enables you to use the embedded IE engine within Mozilla/Firefox". Using this add-on, I update Windows, run online scans, etc. successfully using Firefox. I hop that this information may be somehow useful.

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